Sleeping-bag.



PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906. H. E. MOORE. SLEEPING BAG.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 2, 1906.

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H. E. MOORE.

SLEEPING BAG.

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SLEEPING-BAG.

Application filed March 2,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Sept. 25, 1906.

1906. Serial No. 303,803-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY E. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sleeping-Bags, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to a new and useful improvement in sleeping-bags for campers.

One object of the invention is to provide an expansive opening for entrance of the person into the bag which is so protected as to exclude drafts or entrance of cold air as completely as though the opening were not made expansive, and also at the same time to afiord an extra covering for the chest portion of the body.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hood as a protection to the head of the user and to serve as a pillow-holder.

Another object is to provide an extension of the outer flap which covers the hood or pillow-holder to extend beyond the upper end of the hood when flattened out so as to allow suflicient length to fully cover the hood when it is filled out by the pillow and a person lying inside of the bag.

Another object of the invention is to provide a removable blanket-lining for the bag which is made in the form of a bag of greater fullness than the interior of the outer bag when laid flat, so as to permit spreading out equal to the expansiveness of the outer bag, and means for detachably connecting the blanket-lining with the bag in such manner as to enable the lining to be easily removed.

' the bag being partlybroken away at the foot to l The invention will be fully understood from the following description, taken in con nection with the accompanying drawings, and the novel features are pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of the specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sleeping-bag embodying the invention laid flat with the outer flap turned back and the upper fold of the gore raised, the hood being partly broken away and the blanket being omitted. Fig. 2 is a plan showing the flap turned back at one corner,

show the method of attaching the blanket to the inside of the bag. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section intended to show the bag with a pillow in the hood. Fig. at is a cross-section on line 4 4 of Fig. on line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the under side or portion of the bag-that is, the side which when the bagis in use is on the under side-and 2 is the upper side. It may be formed by cutting out a sheet of requisite length and width for both top and bottom, and then when cut of proper shape folding it on itself and seaming up the sides as far as necessary. Preferably it should not be folded in the middle, but enough off of the middle 'so that the portion which forms the upper side will be longer than the under portion, or the upper and under portion may be of separate sheets sewed together, and either side may be made of sections sewed together, the more important feature being that the upper portion shall extend back beyond the under portion so as to cover the hood when expanded. On one edge the upper and under portions should be stitched together from the foot up to a point which will be about half-way up, as at 3. On the other edge the two portions should be sewed together somewhat farther up than on the first edge-say about to the neck or a little farther back than the lower end of the pillow-hood, as at 4.

A hood 5 is attached to the inner face of the under portion 1. of the bag, preferably being secured by a line of stitches 6 along the middle portion of the bottom end of the under part of the hood and being left free at the ends of the bottom edge, also at the sides and top of the hood to afford more freedom of movement of the hood with relation to the under side of the bag and to permit the hood to shape itself to the pillow 21 and afford space for the head, while the under side of the bag will lie flat. The under portion has a flap 22, extending back the full length of the hood, so as to afford extra protection from dampness on the ground, and the upper side has a flap 14 of greater length to allow for the bulging of the pillow.

A gore-piece. 7 is folded upon itself transversely of the bag and is secured on its lower double edges to the upper portion 2 of the bag along a line 8, which extends from the point 3 at the upper end of the union between the under and upper portions 1 2 of the bag. One edge 9 of the folded gore-piece is sewed I to the side edge of the upper portion 2, and the other edge 10 of the gore-piece issewed to the corresponding side edge of the under portion l of the bag. The fold end 11 of 3. Fig. 5 is a cross-section the gore is left free, as also the upper edges 12 13. The upper edges of the gore should preferably extend up far enough to overlap the lower part of the hood. 7 When the flap portion 14 of the upper side 2 of the bagis turned back, as shown in Fig. 1, to enable a person to get into the bag and it is filled out by the body, the gore allows the necessary expansion and at the same time closes the side which would otherwise have been exposed by the turning back of the flap 14.

The blanket-lining 15 is preferably formed by taking a double blanket of a width a little greater than the inside width of the bag and seaming up the sides when the blanket is folded from the bottom, thus making a sec ond bag. The blanket-bag when inserted into the sleeping-bag will have a fullness which will permit expansion and freedom of movement when the sleeping-bag is expanded by the spread of the gore. The blanket bag or lining is fasten'ed in the outer bag by means of a cord 16, which passes through two holes in the foot of both the outer bag and the blanket-bag, as shown in F ig. 2, and tying the cord. The blanket may be removed by simply untying the cord. A number of these blanket-bags within each other may be used, if required, and all are secured in place in the same manner. In order to prevent the cord from being pulled out from the outside when accidentally untied, it is tied to form knots 19 on the inner side, and the holes in the blanket are reinforced with washers 20 to receive the strain of the knots. Preferably the ba is tapered somewhat from the head toward the foot.

F or convenience in keeping the sleepingbag closed as completely as desired a strap 17 is provided, one end of which is secured to the edge of the under member of the bag, and means are provided detachably connecting the other end to the upper member, as by buttons 18, like snap-buttons of glovefasten ers or other suitable means, so that when the person is in the bag he can fasten the strap.

What I claim is 1. A sleeping-bag having one side thereof closed in part by a gore, said gore having one of its side edges united to the edge of the under portion of the bag and its other side edge united to the corresponding edge of the up per portion of the bag.

7 2. A sleeping-bag open at the head and closed at the sides and bottom, one side being closed in part'by an expansion-gore which extends from the open end partway only toward the foot, one edge of said gore being secured to the edge of the under portion of the bag and the other side edge of the gore being secured to the corresponding edge of the upper portion of the bag.

3. A sleeping-bag having one side thereof closed in part by a gore, said gore having both its bottom edges fastened to the upper portion of the bag and one of its side edges united to the edge of the under portion of the bag and its other side edge united to the corresponding edge of the upper portion of the bag.

4. A sleeping-bag having one side thereof partly open, a gore closing the said open portion of the said side, and a strap extending from the under side to the upper side of the bag and across the gore in its folded condition to secure the parts in place.

5. A sleeping-bag open at the head, having a gore inserted in one side which extends from the open end part way toward the foot, the gore being folded upon itself and extending transversely of the bag and having one side edge secured to one side of the upper portion of the bag and the other edge secured to the corresponding side of the under portion of the bag, the lower edge of both halves of the gore being secured to the upper portion of the bag and the folded edge of the gore being free from attachment.

6. A sleeping-bag provided with a hood consisting of a head-bag attached to the under portion of the main bag, the top portion of said main bag extending rearwardly beyond the hood to cover the hood and forming with the hood a double covering for the head.

7. A sleeping-bag provided with a hood consisting of a head-bag attached to the under portion of the main bag, the top portion of said main bag extending rearwardly beyond the hood, the under portion of the main bag extending rearwardly to underlie the entire hood, there being thus formed a double thickness both. over the head and under the head.

8. A sleeping-bag having two flat portions forming a bag closed at the foot and secured together part way up the sides and open at the head, both sides being open part way down from the head, one being open farther down than the other, a gore inserted in the side which is open the farthest down to close the side opening as far as the opposite side is closed, said gore being folded upon itself and extending transversely of the bag and having one edge secured to one side of the upper portion of the bag'and the other edge secured to the corresponding side of the under portion of the bag, the lower edge of both halves of the gore being secured to the upper portion of the bag and the folded edge of the gore being free from attachment, a hood attached to the under portion of the bag and extending rearwardly of the body-opening, and a rearwardly-extending flap on the upper portion which covers the hood and a rearwardlyextending flap on the under portion to protect the under side of the hood.

' 9. A sleeping-bag open at the top and closed at the bottom and sides, a gore inserted in one side to afford an expansionof the opening, and a removable blanket bag lining of greater fullness than the normal size of the bag to afford expansion when the outer bag is expanded.

10. A sleeping-bag open at the top and having a removable blanket-lining of greater fullness which is detaehably secured inside of the bag by a cord passing through holes in the foot of both bag and lining.

11. A sleeping-bag open at the top and closed at the bottom and sides, a gore inserted in one side to afford an expansion of the opening, and a removable blanket baglining of greater fullness than the normal size of the bag to afford expansion when the outer bag is expanded, a securing-cord which passes through holes in the outer bag and the blanket-bag, knots in the cord on the inner side of the blanket-bag, and washers between the knots and the blanket-bag to hold the cords in place.

12. A sleeping-bag open at the head, having a gore inserted in one side which extends from the open end part way toward the foot, the gore being folded upon itself and extending transversely of the bag and having one side edge secured to the corresponding side of the under portion of the bag, the lower edge of both halves of the gore being secured to the upper portion of the bag and the folded edge of the gore being free from attachment, and a strap to draw together and fasten the edges of the upperand under portions between which the gore is inserted.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY E. MOORE.

Witnesses:

WM. A MAoLEon, ALICE H. MORRISON. 

